Random Beer Roundup - The All-American Edition

On Saturday, July 7, 2012, Black Acre Brewing Company will be hosting a hog roast in conjunction with Distelrath Farms. Black Acre Brewing Company is a nanobrewery located on the historic Irvington strip at 5632 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN, 46219. Distelrath Farms is an urban farm located at 6302 E. Raymond St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203.

The event is a limited, ticketed event. The cost is $30 per individual ticket and includes unlimited pork and sides from Distelrath Farms, and two beers of the ticket holder’s choosing from Black Acre’s Selection. The event is exclusively 21+, will run from noon until 4:00 P.M., and will be hosted at Black Acre Brewing Company’s location. Tickets are available on location at both Black Acre Brewing Company and Distelrath Farms, as well as online through Brown Paper Tickets (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/255664). The hog featured has been fed spent beer grain created by Black Acre Brewing Company.

Any questions about the hog roast can be addressed by contacting the brewery at 317-602-3281 or contacting Stephen Ruby via email, steve@blackacrebrewing.com.

We've got a lot going on at Sun King these days... Most importantly, the Tasting Room will be CLOSED from July 4th to July 18th so that we can make some brewery improvements, do a little deep cleaning and some much needed maintenance.

In beer news, our 3rd Anniversary is rapidly approaching and we'll be releasing 3 (black lager) in the Tasting Room next week. We're brewing Cream Dream 5 on Monday for release on July 12th. Replicale for this year will be an English Mild and will be released at the Indiana Microbrewers Festival on July 14th. Big H Hefeweizen will be making its return on July 19th at Victory Field and on July 26th we'll be tapping our WTTS 20th Anniversary Beer: Hazy Daze Summer Wheat!

Thr3e Wise Men has added two new beers to its list of full time house beers for a total of six. We have added our Hubbard & Cravens Porter & @Brewhouse Brown #AweseomeSauce! Come by and try these very tasty new brews!

Upland Brewing Co. is bringing international touring act Okkervil River to Bloomington, IN on August 31st, 2012 for an outdoor concert to benefit Sycamore Land Trust. The bill will also feature local favorites that have not been announced yet. Doors open at 5pm, and music starts at 6.

Tickets for the Okkervil River concert go on sale Friday, June 15th. They are $20 in advance and $25 on the day of the show, and are available at Upland’s Bloomington Brew Pub and Indy Tasting Room, as well as the Buskirk Chumley Box Office, and online atwww.hillbillyhaiku.org.

At Bars and RestaurantsFrom Jon at LaMargarita in Fountain Square, Indianapolis:

July 5th, La Margarita will be hosting Bell's Brewery, as well as the music of The Reach Arounds.

Two Hearted Firkin tapping at 6 p.m. followed by music on the patio at 7 p.m.

Also available on tap will be:

Bell's Oberon

Bell's Double Cream Stout

Bell's Amber

Bell's Oarsmen Ale

We will be giving away some Bell's goodies and should have a few food specials.

All Scotty’s location around the state are now serving Thr3e Wise Men Beer! At all of our Brewhouse location you can get a growler filled up Monday – Saturday for $14 or on Tuesday & Friday it is only $12!

Scotty’s Brewhouse Bloomington is now serving House of Shandy Curious Traveler! You can come by every Thursday and get a pint of this very tasty beer for only $3.50!

Scotty’s Brewhosue Downtown Indianapolis is now pouring Fountain Square’s Tri-IPA! You can come by on Wednesday and get a 48oz. Pitcher of this amazing local beer for only $9.00!

Brew Haven 2012 is going to be even bigger and better than last year's event! We're adding lots more space for a second tent full of breweries. We already have more than 30 breweries on board and that number is sure to steadily increase. Check out our BeerFinder for an updated list of the breweries (with beers to be added) and an evolving interactive map of the festival to make it easy to find the beers you want to sample.We are currently expecting 43 breweries to be pouring draft beer at the fest and that number only continues to increase! Watch as the number of beers grows and is sure to exceed 200. Then, there's the Homebrew...our talented local club will be pouring 50 of their tasty concoctions and have invited their contemporaries from around the region to add theirs. Make sure you're following Brew Haven on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest updates.

Indiana Beer Tasting : Friday, July 13th : 5-7pThis one is at Keystone and will obviously be focused on Indiana craft. Rita Kohn from NUVO will also be in attendance promoting her book on Indiana beer. And as some of you may have heard, I will be leaving the company. Next week will be my last full week, but this will be my last event here so it'd be great to see as many of you as possible.

Hoppy Birthday : Saturday, July 28th : 5-7pThis was our most highly attended beer event ever. It seems that people enjoy hops... Well, we're doing it again and this is open to any and all interestingly hopped beers or any style. We'll obviously rely heavily on pales and IPAs, but everything is welcome if it has any sort of unique hop-related attribute. Last year we tried to get as nerdy with it as possible by listing the hop varieties and educating people as much as we could.

We at Midwest Sports and Social Complex are putting together a craft beer fest scheduled for July 21st. We are selling tickets for $35 per person for unlimited sampling. Additionally there will be a professional beach volleyball tourney running adjacent to the beer fest. Additional information will be available soon.

KOTBR #90 - Medal Winners - We visit Barley Island and Brugge Brasserie in Broad Ripple to try some medal winning beers. Things get interesting when we are joined by some special guests, including Michael Phelps, Rob Halford, Glenn Danzig, and Brugge's very own Ted Miller.

Beer: The Pedal Pusher's Potion - Our first in depth feature receives support from Dogfish Head, Left Hand, Breckenridge Brewery, and Smuttynose, and draws in hits from hundreds of cyclists looking for a beer buzz.